Fall
Migration Observation Methods
Count
Monarchs as You Travel Along the Road
Road counts are made each day at the same time of day. Read about how these studies are done, and then design a protocol for your own study:
Learn
how the scientists work
Two annual scientific studies are underway again this fall that use the
"road census" method. These projects are collecting fascinating
and useful data. By comparing the yearly averages, the data are an indicator
of the fall monarch population size. Road counts are made each day at
the same time of day. Read about how these studies are done, and then
design a protocol for your own study:
You
can do it too!
You can count monarchs each day as you ride to school, on a daily walk,
or even on horseback, as Ms.
Hartinger of Aurora, SD describes.
- Most important: Conduct your study at the same time of day and for the same length of time, so you can compare daily changes.
